单词 | ambrosia |
释义 | ambrosia /am broh"zheuh/, n. 1. Class. Myth. the food of the gods. Cf. nectar (def. 3). 2. something especially delicious to taste or smell. 3. a fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple. [1545-55; < L < Gk: immortality, food of the gods, n. use of fem. of ambrósios, equiv. to a- A-6 + -mbros- (comb. form of brotos MORTAL; akin to L mortuus dead, MURDER) + -ios adj. suffix; r. ME ambrose, ambrosie < OF ambroise < L] |
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